By bowing out of the MLS Cup Playoffs in the knockout match last week, the Colorado Rapids now know they'll once again hold the #11 pick in January's draft.

MLS has yet to reveal details of the annual draft, but going off the 2013 edition, the first nine selections were held by clubs that did not qualify for the 2012 Playoffs, in reverse order of regular season finish. The remaining 10 positions went to the clubs that were eliminated in the same round of the 2012 Playoffs, also in reverse order of regular season finish.

Assuming the same rules apply for the 2014 draft, in the Rapids case, their playoff run ended in the same round as Montreal's. However, since the Impact finished with 49 points in the regular season, two fewer than Colorado, Montreal would hold the 10th pick and Colorado the 11th selection.

The 11th pick has introduced solid players to MLS in previous drafts, with players such as Ross Paule, Tyrone Marshall, Evan Whitfield, Sasha Victorine, Brian Carroll, and Scott Sealy all playing at least seven seasons in MLS, and more recent #11 selections Roger Espinoza, Jeremy Hall, David Estrada, Will Bruin, and Matt Hedges all playing key roles on MLS teams or in Europe.